The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, ''Paraxerus'', in the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: *Alexander's bush squirrel (''P. alexandri'') *Boehm's bush squirrel (''P. boehmi'') *Smith's bush squirrel (''P. cepapi'') *Cooper's mountain squirrel (''P. cooperi'') *Striped bush squirrel (''P. flavovittis'') *Black and red bush squirrel (''P. lucifer'') *Ochre bush squirrel (''P. ochraceus'') *Red bush squirrel (''P. palliatus'') *Green bush squirrel (''P. poensis'') *Swynnerton's bush squirrel (''P. vexillarius'') *Vincent's bush squirrel (''P. vincenti'')

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20070329003419/http://www.squirrels.org/names.html (Domain for sale) Paraxerus, Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major {{Squirrel-stub